The finest sewing and dressmaking in Eastern PA. With 12 seasons experience sewing & pattern making for NYC designers who show at NYC Fashion Week and the Paris Haute Couture, Pamela Ptak has the skill and aesthetic to create your masterpiece or to fit your garments to you perfectly. Pamela Ptak's fine workmanship is sought by Philadelphia and Bucks County fashion clients looking for local Bucks County alterations and fine dress making. Her northern clients from Allentown, Bethlehem, & Easton say "the short drive is worth the quality of her work." -Allie S.

Alterations are $40/hour. Due to Pamela's skill & speed, her prices are often lower than at bridal salons & boutiques. She also does incredibly complicated alterations not offered by dry cleaners.

Alterations include: adjusting seams, hemming, adding darts, adding linings, sewing patches, reweaving (torn or moth-eaten wool) & repairs. Pamela Ptak tailoring details include disassembling, re-cutting, and re-constructing suits when intensive and dramatic changes need to be made.

Patches sewn on uniforms are priced per patch.
Small patch (under 2”) $5.00
Medium patch (2” to 5”) $7.50
Large patch (5” to 9”) $10.00
Uneven shape patch $15.00
Extra large patch $17.50
Patch removals $1.00

For an appointment, call 610-346-6071 
Pamela's studio is located at 595 Summit Lane - Riegelsville, PA 18077

Custom Jacket Equestrian Shadbelly

Custom Gowns Silk Chiffon, Pierced Leather

Pennsylvania clothing designer Pamela Ptak combines a sensual attitude toward fashion with an architectural vision. Her intricately technical craftsmanship is developed from her work on world class haute couture. Her garments are a study in balanced proportions, lyrical seaming, inventive textures and delightful color harmonies. Pamela Ptak's jackets, dresses, and gowns are available to view by buyers at Bucks County bridal shops and Lehigh Valley bridal shops.

"Wear your life brilliantly." - Pamela Ptak™

During Pamela’s casting for Project Runway season 7, Tim Gunn called her work “...among the most beautifully constructed clothes I’ve ever seen” and said “I think you are on the cusp of something big.”  

TRAINING & SKILLS
After graduating from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Art & Design, Pamela Ptak worked as an art director for several of the world’s top ten advertising agencies on Cover Girl cosmetics, Noxzema, Citibank, Diet Coke & more. She did intensive studies in both haute couture methods and NYC garment industry methods of fashion design at the French founded Maison Sapho School of Dressmaking and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City where she maintained a 4.0 average.

From ‘2003-’06 Pamela Ptak freelanced seasonally, sewing & couture embellishing on the Paris Haute Couture and NY Ready-to-Wear collections for Chado Ralph Rucci and pattern making for Shelley Steffee in 2007. She debuted her PAMELA PTAK RTW collections at the Van Alyn Mansion in NYC during fashion week and at Philadelphia Fashion Week. She creates one-of-a-kind pieces for her celebrity & private clientele.  WWW.PAMELAPTAK.COM

Pamela and her husband Scott Hanna founded the “Arts and Fashion Institute™” in Riegelsville, Bucks County PA just North of Philadelphia where they offer rare specializations, inspiring students & teaching creativity at the highest level. Pamela personally teaches beginner through advanced graduate level draping & pattern making under her “Radical Free Draping & Pattern Design™, fashion illustration, enhancing your creativity, Haute Couture sewing techniques, draping stretch knits, lingerie design, and graduate level corseted evening wear. WWW.ARTSANDFASHIONINSTITUTE.COM

Pamela’s fashion art was exhibited at Le Musée des Arts Asiatiques in Nice, France & the Puck Gallery in NYC. Her garments were featured in the one woman show entitled "Line, Texture, Fold: The Art of Pamela Ptak" , in national magazines (Us, Marie Claire, SOCO & Threads) and in 4 annual couture issues of “Stitches” magazine. She’s made appearances on Lifetime Television’s “Project Runway” season 7, the NFL Network’s “Top 10 Uniforms”, HGTV’s DIY network,  ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and AMC Network's "Comic Book Men."

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Contact Pamela Ptak: 610-346-6071 or ptakhanna@aol.com